JHRS has been indexed in EMBASE

Embase is a major international biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database, produced by Elsevier. It is one of the most important databases for discovering scientific literature in medicine, health sciences, pharmacology, and related fields.

Why is Embase important?

• High-quality biomedical indexing: Embase indexes peer-reviewed journals and conference abstracts, with particularly strong coverage of pharmacology, drug research, clinical medicine, and biomedical sciences.
• Extensive international coverage: It contains tens of millions of bibliographic records from thousands of journals and conference proceedings.
• EMTREE thesaurus: One of its major strengths is the Emtree controlled vocabulary, which allows researchers to search systematically using standardised biomedical terminology.
• Strong European coverage: Embase has particularly good coverage of European and international biomedical literature that may be less comprehensively represented in some other databases.
• Systematic reviews: Embase is considered an important database for systematic reviews and evidence synthesis, especially in medicine and pharmacology. Searching both Embase and MEDLINE/PubMed is commonly recommended to improve literature retrieval.
• Drug and pharmacovigilance research: Its extensive indexing of drug-related information is one of Embase's distinctive strengths.

What does Embase indexing mean for JHRS?

For the Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (JHRS), being accepted for Embase is a significant achievement. It means the journal has passed Embase's content-selection process and its articles can become discoverable through an important international biomedical literature database.

For a relatively young journal, this is particularly valuable because it can improve international discoverability, visibility among biomedical researchers, and the journal's credibility.

Importantly, Embase indexing is not the same as Scopus or Web of Science indexing. Each database has its own independent selection and evaluation process. Having JHRS in Embase therefore represents an additional and meaningful indexing achievement rather than a substitute for Scopus/WoS.

JHRS has been indexed in Scopus

 Dear Authors, Reviewers, and Editorial Board Members,

It is with great pleasure that I inform you that the Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has been officially indexed in Scopus as of today, June 10, 2025.

What is Scopus?

Scopus is a leading abstract and citation database managed by Elsevier, providing access to peer-reviewed research articles, conference papers, books, and patents across multiple disciplines, including life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences.

Key Features of Scopus:

• Extensive Coverage: Indexes over 100 million records, including 25.2 million open-access documents.
• Citation Tracking: Enables researchers to analyze citations, track academic impact, and identify influential studies.
• Author Profiles: Supports scholars in showcasing their work and connecting with collaborators.
• Journal Metrics: Uses indicators such as CiteScore, SJR (SCImago Journal Rank), and SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) to assess journal quality.
• Patent Search: Includes patents from major offices such as USPTO, EPO, JPO, WIPO, and UKIPO.

  Scopus is widely used for academic research, institutional benchmarking, and strategic decision-making in scholarly publishing.

  I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to our publisher, Alma Mater Europaea University in Maribor, Slovenia, for their tremendous support in this achievement. A special thanks also goes to our authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and proofreaders, all of whom have contributed immensely over the past two years and ten months. This milestone marks a significant step forward on our pathway to future successes.

  If you are working in health, medical, or rehabilitation sciences, we warmly invite you to submit your article via the following link: Submit Here.

  Thank you for your cooperation and support.

  Best regards,
  JHRS Editor-in-Chief

JHRS indexed in Ulrichsweb

Dear readers,

I want to inform you that Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is already indexed in Ulrichsweb.

What is Ulrichsweb?

Ulrichsweb is an authoritative database that provides detailed information about serial publications, such as academic journals, magazines, and newspapers. It is widely used by librarians, researchers, and publishers to access bibliographic and publisher details for serials across various disciplines and languages. The database includes information about whether a journal is peer-reviewed, its publication frequency, and indexing details, among other features.

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS has been indexed in new databases

 Dear readers,

In last months JHRS has been indexed in several databases such as:

• Open Access Journals Impact Factor
• Zeitshriften Datenbank
• Max Perutz Library, Vienna
• Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum Hohenheim (KIM)
• Kassel University Library

Cheers,

JHRS Editor-in-chief

Five new indexing in JHRS

Dear colleagues,

I want to inform you that Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is already indexed in five new databases. They are:

COBISS.MK

DeepDyve

Internet Archive

Scilit

Sudoc

So in this moment JHRS is indexed in 31 databases.

Cheers,

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS has been indexed in CABI

I am pleased to be able to confirm the title was deemed to be relevant to the CAB Abstracts and/or Global Health database. Those articles that are within scope of the database will be selected for inclusion.  Coverage will start from Volume 2, Issue 1. 2023.  We can access all the information we require for indexing purposes from the journal website so we don’t require any further information from you.

CAB International is a not-for-profit, international treaty organisation, dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. We produce two abstract databases in the applied life sciences: CAB Abstracts (agriculture, crop science, natural resources, animal and human sciences) and Global Health (dedicated to public health, food science and nutrition). Our organisation has a long established reputation in the applied life sciences, having begun indexing scientific literature in 1913. This extensive archive is currently being made available in electronic form.

JHRS has been indexed in ResearchGate

Dear authors,

JHRS has been indexed in ResearchGate.

What is ResearchGate?

ResearchGate is the professional network for scientists and researchers. We help researchers connect and make it easy for them to share and access scientific output, knowledge, and expertise.
How is it useful?

ResearchGate connects you with other researchers, helps you discover content valuable to your work, and lets you make your own research visible. Here's how:

• Connect with colleagues, co-authors, and specialists in your field
• Add your research to your profile to make it discoverable by other researchers
• Access publications and other work in your field and from your network
• Ask research-related questions and get answers from experts
• Share your knowledge and expertise by answering questions
• Get stats on your work and find out who's been reading and citing it
• Explore the latest jobs matched to your researcher profile
• Share your preprints and other early work to get feedback from others before you publish it

Cheers,

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS has been indexed in British Library and University of Cambridge

Dear readers,

Two more achievements of our journal. JHRS has been indexed in JHRS has been indexed in British Library and University of Cambridge.

Cheers,

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS indexed in ScienceOpen

Dear readers,

With great pleasure I want to inform you that Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is indexed in ScienceOpen.

What is ScienceOpen?

ScienceOpen is a discovery platform with interactive features for scholars to enhance their research in the open, make an impact, and receive credit for it. We provide context building services for publishers, to bring researchers closer to the content than ever before. Our advanced search and discovery functions, combined with post-publication peer review, recommendation, social sharing, and collection-building features make ScienceOpen the only research platform you’ll ever need.

In this occasion I would like to thank to the staff of ScienceOpen.com, especially to Nina and Stuart for their efforts and unselfish support to our journal.

Cheers,

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS indexed in Sherpa Romeo

Dear readers,

I want to announce that JHRS is indexed in Sherpa Romeo. 

Sherpa Romeo is an online resource that aggregates and analyses publisher open access policies from around the world and provides summaries of publisher copyright and open access archiving policies on a journal-by-journal basis.

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS indexed in Hinari

 

JHRS indexed in EBSCO

Dear readers,

I have a great pleasure to inform you that JHRS is indexed in EBSCO.

About EBSCO:

EBSCO is the leading provider of research databases, e-journal and e-package subscription management, book collection development and acquisition management, and a major provider of library technology, e-books and clinical decision solutions for universities, colleges, hospitals, corporations, government, K12 schools and public libraries worldwide.
For more than 70 years, we have partnered with our customers and other industry-leading organizations to improve research and outcomes through quality content and technology.
EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., one of the largest privately held and family-owned companies in the United States. EBSCO Industries, Inc. has been in business since 1944. Starting out as a small subscription agency, EBSCO quickly became a pioneer in the library services industry.
Through vision, action and innovation, EBSCO invests in the library business to ensure the long-term growth of products, services and technologies for our customers.

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS indexed in CORE

Dear readers,

JHRS is already indexed in CORE.

What is CORE?

CORE provides access to the world’s largest collection of open access research papers, collecting and indexing research from repositories and journals. It is a not-for-profit service dedicated to the open access mission and one of the signatories of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructures POSI.

We serve the global network of repositories and journals increasing discoverability and preventing misuse of their content; making metadata records uniquely identifiable and resolvable with decentralised PIDs; supporting data providers in adopting good practices by providing tools for metadata validation, content management, enrichment and OA compliance; and facilitating machine access to open research.

Our services support a wide range of stakeholders in getting scalable access to our vast and comprehensive collection of data, specifically researchers, the general public, academic institutions, developers, funders as well as companies from a diverse range of sectors including but not limited to innovators, AI technology companies, digital library solutions and pharma.

JHRS Editor-in-chief

Two more indexing of JHRS

Dear readers,

I want to inform you that Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has two more indexing such as:

• Harvard Libraries - University of California Libraries
• HINARI

The HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) programme, established by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. More than 8500 journals and 7000 e-books (in 30 different languages) are available to health institutions in more than 100 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improving world health.

Access to HINARI

So, in nine months of existence JHRS can be find in 16 indexing and abstracting services.

JHRS Editor-in-chief

JHRS indexed in OUCI

 Dear readers,

With great pleasure I want to inform you that JHRS is indexed in OUCI.

The Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) is a search engine and a citation database that come from all publishers that use the Crossref’s Cited-by service and supports the Initiative for Open Citations .

The OUCI is intended to simplify the search for scientific publications, to attract editorial attention to the problem of completeness and quality of the metadata of Ukrainian scholarly publications, and will allow bibliometrics to freely study the relations between authors and documents from various disciplines, in particular in the field of social sciences and humanities.

According to the principle of the OUCI, in the future every position of the list of used literature should ideally contain a DOI. Therefore, the OUCI search engine facilitates the process of verifying the sources used during writing.

JHRS indexed in AccessON

Dear readers,

JHRS is already indexed in AccessON.

AccessON enables any Korean researcher to easily search and use open access articles from all around the world free of cost or any barrier.

AccessON facilitates open science environment so that research outcomes can be freely accessible and disseminated by helping researchers to publish open access articles through co-authoring and to self-archive their research outputs researchers and supports OA publishing for Korean journals.

JHRS indexed in JISC

Dear readers,

JHRS jounrnal is laready indexed in JISC.

Jisc Library Hub Discover exposes rare and unique research material by bringing together the catalogues of major UK and Irish libraries. In a single search you can discover the holdings of the UK’s National Libraries (including the British Library), many university libraries, and specialist research libraries. This service replaces Copac and SUNCAT, providing access to a growing range of library catalogues, with a new interface style and updated search facilities, with more changes in the pipeline.

Library Hub Discover is one of three services built on the Jisc National Bibliographic Knowledgebase, a growing collaboration with an increasing number of libraries contributing to the shared database, to benefit the academic and broader research community as well as local library activity and developments. The other services are:Library Hub Compare: Collection analysis service for library staff in Jisc member libraries and other NBK contributors. For more information see Library Hub Compare.
Library Hub Cataloguing: Shared cataloguing service for library staff in Jisc member libraries and other NBK contributors.
For information about Library Hub Cataloguing, including Terms of use, see About Library Hub Cataloguing.

Journal indexing: Understanding the basics

In order to be known as an authoritative source of scientific information, and to stand out from among many other publications that are crowding the publishing space, journals must increase their visibility, availability, and readership. One of the ways by which journals can achieve this is by getting their publication indexed by one or more leading databases.

Why is indexing essential?Indexing will help your journal achieve its main purpose of being accessible to a wide audience.

Being accessible in turn will improve your journal’s reputation as a reliable source of high-quality information in your field.

Database research is the first activity researchers undertake as part of their study, and they naturally look to established, well-known databases. Thus, being indexed in a known database in your field will help increase your journal’s readership.

How does indexing work?

Once a journal is indexed by a database, it is immediately made available to all users of that database. Some databases index titles, some index full articles while some others index only the abstract and/or references. There are several abstracting and indexing services available today. Some are affiliated with institutions (e.g., PubMed maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health) while some are provided by publishers (e.g., Scopus by Elsevier). Irrespective of which institution the database is affiliated with, you will need to formally apply for inclusion in the database of your choice.

How should you go about getting your journal indexed?

Choose the right database!

Just as journal editors do not consider manuscripts that lie outside the scope of their journal, indexing companies do not consider journals that lie outside their scope. Choose a database that indexes journals from your field. It is also important to understand the features the database provides. Some databases only index abstracts, where users will be able to view relevant abstracts of articles published in your journal. Some get professional indexers to scan entire manuscripts and index keywords. Some others also include citations in their indexing system. Knowing how exactly your journal will be visible and accessible to the user will also help you choose the right journal indexing database. Detailed information about how the database works will be included on its web page.

Understand the selection process followed by the database you have chosen!

Some general criteria that databases use to evaluate a journal’s suitability for indexing are quality of content published, publishing timeliness, and journal workflow and processes. Typically, to get indexed, a journal has to submit a formal application to the database and provide relevant documents and evidence supporting its application. If the journal meets all criteria, it gets indexed. The process of getting indexed is similar to manuscript submission and peer review: journals submit their documents and wait for their application to be reviewed by the database. If your journal does not meet the criteria required for indexing, you may need to introduce some changes in your journal workflow to make sure that your journal is eligible.

Ensure your journal processes are smooth and efficient!

Make sure your journal meets the basic publication standards required by the industry (author friendly systems, smooth and timely peer reviews, easy accessibility, etc.). In your application it should be clear that your journal is worthy of being indexed by the database you choose.

Approach a company with multiple databases!

Companies like Elsevier and Thomson Reuters offer several indexes that cater to journals. In such cases, it might be a good idea to check the full list of products or services offered and apply to those that are relevant to your journal.

Where should you get indexed?

As we advised the journal Clinical Endoscopy, it is essential to choose an indexing company/database that is in line with your journal’s scope. Here’s a list of common databases you could explore.Scopus: Managed by the publishing company Elsevier, Scopus indexes journals from the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. It also provides research analysis and tracking tools.

EMBASE (Excerpta Medica database): Also maintained by Elsevier, EMBASE is a biomedical database accessed by researchers, information managers, regulatory specialists, clinicians, medical librarians, educators and physicians. (Elsevier maintains other databases such as EMcare and Engineering Village.)

PubMed: Maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine, PubMed covers biomedical literature from life science journals, and online books. It also accesses the MEDLINE bibliographic database of reference and abstracts.

SCIE (Science Citation Index-Expanded): SCIE is a product by Thomson Reuters. It covers journals from a range of scientific and technical fields. It also provides some data analysis options.

BIOSIS Citation Index: Also by Thomson Reuters, BIOSIS covers a range of biological and biomedical sciences.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to open access, peer-reviewed journals covering history, religion, geography, language and literature, etc.

Ovid: Ovid is a branch of Wolters Kluwer. Ovid databases cover a wide range of topics including clinical medicine, pharmacology.

EBSCO Information Services: The EBSCO database includes titles compiled by the company as well as journals from other databases/publishers such as Medline and EconLit. The company also maintains Academic Search Complete, which covers the full-text of journals.

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes: These provide access to peer-reviewed research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Additional lists:

To compare one or more databases at once, you could also check the lists below:

- Nature’s database list

- BioMed Central’s list of databases

- List compiled by the University of Miami’s libraries

- List compiled by African Journals Online

Source: https://www.editage.com/